Duracell myGrid Charging Pad Review By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 30 March 11 $68.16 The lightweight myGrid lets you power up to four devices at once, but setup and charging times could be better.
General Dynamics Itronix Announces New Ultra Rugged GD8200 Laptop By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 8 June 11 For some types of computer users, only the most durable machine will do. That's exactly who General Dynamics Itronix had in mind when they built the rugged GD8200 laptop. Just unveiled, this burly dev...
New Rebtel App Promises Free, Clear iPhone Calls Worldwide By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 13 October 11 Watch out Skype, competition just got a little stiffer. Swedish company Rebtel updated its app for iOS, which not only enables free international calling between iPhone users, but will reroute calls f...
Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon GameCommand App, New S4 CPUs By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 16 November 11 Taking a page from Nvidia's Tegra 2 playbook, mobile chip-maker Qualcomm just announced plans for an Android gaming storefront. Similar to Nvidia's Tegra Zone, the Qualcomm GameCommand app will ser...
Google Maps 5.0 for Android Hands-On: Slicker, Faster, Smarter By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 17 December 10 Just in time for the heavy holiday travel season, Google has updated its Android Maps app. This latest version, Maps 5, now sports some significant changes and new features that make it even more use...
T-Mobile Rocket 3.0 Hands-on: First 42 Mbps 4G Device Tested By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 2 June 11 The $99 Rocket 3.0 is the third iteration in T-Mobile's USB cellular modem product line. While not the first Rocket product to run on the company's 4G network, it is the first to support the carrier's...
Report: HP to Spin Off PC Biz, Buy Autonomy for $10 Billion By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 18 August 11 The wild week in tech news continues. First it was the shocker that Google scooped up Motorola Mobility,and now HP reportedly plans to ditch its PC business and will purchase Autonomy Corp., a U.K. ba...
iPhone 4S Early Reviews Are In: High Praise Across the Board By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 12 October 11 Apple's long awaited iPhone 4S won't hit store shelves until this Friday but a few lucky reviewers were able to get the device into their hands ahead of schedule. Their reviews have just now begun to ...
RIM Shocks Tablet World, Demos BlackBerry PlayBook E-mail App By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 23 November 11 Looks like RIM's troubled BlackBerry PlayBook tablet may be getting a much needed boost. At its BlackBerry Innovation conference, the company finally showed off its native e-mail / contacts / calend...
Apple iPhone 4S (Sprint) Review By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 24 October 11 $199 Editor's Choice LAPTOP Magazine reviews the Apple iPhone 4S running on Sprint's 3G network.
Acer Aspire AS5253-BZ480 Review By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 3 March 11 $499 Powered by AMD's Fusion processor, the budget-friendly Acer Aspire AS5253 offers long battery life and enough power for everyday computing.
Tech To Watch 2012: Quad Core Boosts Tablets and Smartphones By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 1 January 12 Mobile CPUs are leaping into another dimension as quad-core computing power comes to mobile devices. Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chips use a whopping four Cortex A9 cores. Think PC-like performance without com...
Report: BlackBerry London is RIM's First BBX Phone By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 15 November 11 Take a look at this svelte handset, allegedly called the BlackBerry London and possibly the first device with RIM's long-awaited BBX operating system. If so, the London could be what loyal BlackBerry ...
Toshiba Laptop Decoder Ring: Notebook Naming Demystified By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 15 April 11 With few exceptions, the way that notebook companies name their products can be highly confusing. What do all those letters and numbers mean? Look no further. We put together a Toshiba cheat sheet (ot...
Samsung to Launch Galaxy S II In U.S. On August 29th By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 12 August 11 Galaxy S II fans in America take heart, your long, patient vigil may soon be over. Samsung distributed an intriguing press event invite that hints a U.S. version of the hot global smartphone could be...
LG Marquee (Sprint) Review By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 6 October 11 $49.99 Laptop Magazine reviews the call quality and battery life of the LG Marquee Android smartphone.
Motorola Cliq 2 (T-Mobile) Review By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 20 January 11 $99.99 This head-turning Android slider is much improved over its predecessor, but it's not as feature rich as similarly priced competitors.
iPad 2 vs. iPad Original: Worth the Upgrade? By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 5 April 11 As expected, Apple has made a huge splash with the iPad 2. Though the company hasn't officially released sales figures yet, many industry insiders estimate that as many as 1 million devices were sold ...
Vizio 8-inch Tablet Review By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 26 September 11 $289 LAPTOP Magazine reviews the performance, battery, and price of the Vizio 8-inch tablet.
Conference Me In: Three Powerful Video Conference Utilities for Your Business By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 1 December 11 It used to be that only large multinational corporations with deep pockets could afford a video conferencing solution. But thanks to the higher quality of notebook webcams and increasingly fast Intern...
Report: Microsoft Kills Zune Music Players Softly, to Focus on Service By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 14 March 11 Remember the social! According to a new Bloomberg report, Microsoft has plans to let its Zune players silently fade away and will not continue to manufacture the devices in the future.It seems that al...
HTC Sensation XE First Phone to Boom Beats Audio by Dr. Dre By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 15 September 11 Ears perked up when HTC recently announced its partnership with Dr. Dre's Beats brand of headphones. Back then we wondered what form a union 'twixt smartphone and premium audio device might take. Th...
T-Mobile Adds SpringBoard, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Tablet Lineup By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 10 October 11 Heading into this week's CTIA Fall 2011 trade show, T-Mobile just dropped the news that it will be bringing two new Android tablets to its stable of devices, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the T-Mob...
Samsung QX410 Review By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 30 November 10 $799 Editor's Choice This aluminum-clad notebook packs in strong performance and battery life at an attractive price.
Verizon Unveils LG Enlighten: 3G Slider Launches Tomorrow for $79.99 By Brian Oliver Bennett Published 21 September 11 Verizon is on a smartphone roll this week with a third handset announced in just three days. First it was the Pantech Breakout, then the controversial HTC Rhyme, and now the carrier has revealed the ...
